#A0A520#A0A520

#A0A520 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.145 H 111.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0A520
RGB	rgb(160, 165, 32)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(62, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 0%, 80.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -17.10, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 64.26, 105.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.54% -0.054 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(69.54% 0.145 111.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.2140, 34.4889, 6.5370)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0A520 #2520A5

analogous

#A56720 #A0A520 #5DA520

triadic

#A0A520 #20A0A5 #A520A0

tetradic

#A0A520 #20A567 #2520A5 #A5205D

square

#A0A520 #20A567 #2520A5 #A5205D

split-complementary

#A0A520 #205DA5 #6720A5

monochromatic

#3D3E0C #6E7216 #A0A520 #D0D62C #DBE05F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A0A520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#A0A520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0A520

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0A520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0A520	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC9A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0a520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 165, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.145 111.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0bf69',
    500: '#a0a520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0a520;
$custom-light: #c0bf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0a520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.256,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69543,
    "c": 0.14481,
    "h": 111.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0A520

secondary

#605CC5

accent

#3DEA44

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0A520

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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